Marian Brookes, second from left in gold crown, with colleagues at her retirement party at Linden House, Lymington. On the far left is Mark Aitchison, Colten Care Chief Executive, while Priya Joseph, Home Manager, is fourth from left.
One of the longest-serving team members at a top south coast care home provider has retired after a remarkable 38 years – and a surprise…
Read more...The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) unveiled this year’s winners of its prestigious National Awards at a glittering gala dinner on Thursday 15 October….
Read more...The winner of the National Association of Care Catering (NACC)’s Care Chef of the Year 2026 is Steven Wright from Caring Homes. Steven was crowned…
Read more...Care home residents living with dementia were taken on a nostalgic “trip down memory train” through the picturesque Dee Valley.
Read more...Person Centred Software (PCS) unveiled its new connected care operating system, CarerOS, at Care Show Birmingham, aiming to address the growing risks and operational pressures created by disconnected digital systems in care homes.
Read more...Norfolk County Council has abandoned plans to sell 20 care homes and the company that runs them, after a review concluded that going ahead would not serve the authority’s interests.
Read more...Skills for Care’s newly-published ‘State of the adult social care sector and workforce in England’ report has identified the combination of employment and development factors most strongly associated with retaining care workers.
Read more...A Bournemouth care home resident has been filled with joy and nostalgia as staff helped to recreate some of his happiest lifelong memories. Staff at…
Read more...Members of the team from MHA Communities Horsforth A communities scheme based in Horsforth marked their 30th anniversary with a celebratory party packed full of…
Read more...The proportion of people accessing long-term social care varies substantially even between similar local authorities, with some areas supporting up to twice as many people…
Read more...A 23-year-old care worker who stunned judges by playing Prince’s Purple Rain on the piano while blindfolded has been crowned the winner of Care Sector’s Got Talent 2026, taking home a £5,000 prize.
Read more...A Derbyshire home took inspiration from its owners by hosting an awards ceremony for staff as a way to boost morale and celebrate one other.
Read more...Michael Palin, Russell T Davies, Larry Lamb, Chris Kamara and Megan McKenna are among a host of Marie Curie supporters speaking up on personal experiences of death to urge Prime Minister Andy Burnham to fix palliative care.
Read more...A pioneering North Wales artist has been honoured for three decades transforming lives through creativity in care homes.
Read more...Morrison Community Care is marking a significant period of progress across its London development programme, with two of its three schemes now topped out and the third set to reach the milestone in two weeks.
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